Double Chocolate Protein Cookies Recipe

After seeing how much you guys loved 15 minute+5 ingredient protein cookies, I feel like it’s time to deliver new cookie recipe.:) These protein cookies are any chocolate lover’s dream and what girl doesn’t like chocolate?!

Double chocolate, moist, sweet, a bit chewy and high in protein. Everything you are looking for in a protein cookie! And don’t throw away brown bananas and going bad avocados just yet…

When baking with protein powder, in order to avoid rubber cookies, you need to use some kind of fat. Last time I used peanut butter and the reviews were amazing. I’m not bragging, just sharing.

Thank you each and everyone of you who made those cookies and messaged me on Instagram, tweeted of Facebooked me. I appreciate every single one of your messages and it means a world to me! It makes me want to create more. If not for you, I wouldn’t be here today!!! So THANK YOU!

This time I used avocado to make the protein cookies super moist and glossy.

The cocoa powder and a little bit of dark chocolate chunks cover up the taste and colour of the avocado completely. You won’t taste it, I promise.

The first time I ever baked with avocado was when I made this chocolate almond tart. I replaced the butter completely with avocado and you would never tell the difference.

Dark chocolate chunks or chips of a square shape melted inside the cookies. Just like any regular chocolate chip cookie, just without the guilt.

See those square dark chocolate chips?! Love, love, love the shape and taste! I picked them up in a bulk section of the Real Canadian Superstore and paid a whopping $1.39 for 100 gr. Not cheap but you don’t need much. I find chocolate chips have too many unnecessary ingredients. Feel free to use cocoa nibs or just break a dark chocolate bar into small pieces.

As for the protein powder, use any you like. The beauty of these cookies is that cocoa powder, bananas and avocado will cover up any weird colour or “chalkiness” of some vegetarian protein powders. Brown rice protein powder is one of them.

This time I baked with Kaizen non-GMO whey protein in vanilla bean flavour, sweetened with stevia. Unflavoured powder would work great too. The cookies will be not so sweet, which is better.

I already baked protein chia coconut macaroons with it and the result was great. Currently, I’m looking to start baking more with vegetarian protein powder as my skin does better with it. What is you favourite vegetarian protein powder?

The reasoning behind the rolled oats instead of quick oats is to make the cookies chewy. Like a real deal. It worked! I used organic old fashioned Bob’s Red Mill rolled oats. You can use quick oats like in the first protein cookies recipe, but they won’t be as chewy.

In a medium bowl mash avocado and bananas with a fork. Add protein powder, cocoa powder, dark chocolate chips, rolled oats and mix with a fork to combine.

Line baking sheet with parchment paper, drop full tablespoon of batter on the sheet flattening a bit with the back of the spoon, repeat until all batter is used. You should end up with 12-14 cookies. Bake for 10 mins. No cooling required. Taste best when warm!

Storage Instructions: Store in an airtight container in the fridge up to 1 week and in the freezer for up to 2 months. To defrost thaw on the counter for 30 mins or defrost in the microwave. Tastes best when warm and fully thawed.

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lena

Hi, You’re right that heat denatures proteins, but our bodies can still use the amino acids which make up proteins. We heat eggs all the time, which definitely denatures the proteins, but they are still a great source for our bodies!

Olena (iFOODreal)

Oh, so sorry about your friend. These cookies are with protein powder, just FYI, but don’t taste chalky at all. I have other very simple cookies – PB chocolate cookies, oatmeal cookies and 5 ingredient protein cookies. All these cookies do not require any cooking skills, no special instructions. I’m not a complicated baker myself. Hope your friend feels better!!!:(

sarah

Just made these with the ingredients I had to hand. I substituted the avocado with peanut butter and a drop of coconut oil and used chocolate whey protein instead of natural.
Taste absolutely gorgeous!

Carlos

Hi Olena! Your cookies look great. Can’t wait to try them out. How does replacing 1/2 large avocado with that of 1/4 cup peanut butter affect the taste? I’d love to try the recipe out with avocado, unfortunately the fruit is not in season at the moment where I am from.

Carlos

Thank you. One more question, Olena. What idea of a medium banana do you have? Bananas where I am from range from as small as 15g to as big as 100g a piece. What does a 1/2 large avocado weigh as well?

Melissa M

I’ve made these twice. First with vegan plant protein, they were perfect and had a nice firm chewy texture. The second with whey protein and they were terrible, they were soggy in the middle and the flavor was off. Definitely sticking with plant protein!

Kim

Hi. I just made a double batch of these (didn’t want half an avocado left) tonight and I won’t be making them again. Im pretty sure I have whey protein (boyfriend put it in containers and threw out the bag) so maybe that was the issue. Baked them for longer than suggested time and they were complete mush in the middle. They tasted okay but were nothing like a cookie and I ate girl scout cookies to feedy cookie craving.

Claire

Hi Olena!
I just made these cookies and they turned out GREAT! i used a vegan plant based protein and used only 1 banana, and added 2 extra scoops of protein and the cookies turned out perfect! thanks for the awesome recipe